Albirex Niigata vs Young Lions Prediction: A very tense opener expected with a lot of goals

The Singapore Cup in 2022 will be the first since the 2019 tournament. Albirex Niigata will face Young Lions in the opening match at Jurong East Stadium. The match's details are listed below.

In this encounter, Albirex Niigata will be playing at home and hoping to obtain a victory. Penultimate weekend's match between the home club and Geylang was the home side's last game of the Singapore Premier League season. The newly crowned Champion will now aim to do everything in their power to make it two trophies, and to do so, they will need to win in this group match to advance to the next round. Albirex Niigata enters this match with a record of three matches ending in a draw, one win, and one loss in their most recent five matches before this competition.

The odds are stacked against the Young Lions winning this match. The away team has gone 12 matches without picking up a single victory. On the other hand, it is anticipated that this contest will be another challenging one for them. They have given up 21 goals throughout their last five matches while only scoring 10. Because of their bad form and poor defensive play, the Young Lions will need a lot of defensive improvement to at least secure a draw in this encounter.

Matches between these two teams have always ended with a lot of goals. Only one match in their last five has ended fewer than two goals. Both teams do not seem to be in good form and we will therefore look to be on the advantage of their poor defense.